“She’s a married hoochie,” Ace said, and Rick’s eyebrows jumped and Wallace said, “Hot damn! I knew it. I could tell by the stretch marks an... the white where her weddin’ band oughta be.” Leila bit her bottom lip and frowned and Laura said, “I ain’t got a problem with it, if ya’all don’t.” And she blushed and her heart rate raced as clearly, in her soul, she did have a problem. She wanted to curse at Ace but she didn’t want to break the generally jovial mood. It was all harmless, naughty fun,. Out of those kids who had gone back to bed he saw Jennifer bouncing up and down on William and Ruth with he knees up by her head with Tony fucking her. He closed the tent flap and went to the marque.That first day and night set the pattern for the rest of the holiday, fortunately (probably), no other groups came to camp in the field so it was only the Bright Sparks crew and the group from the school in London, and they were only there for the first week.After all the kids apathy about going out. The groups were chosen by the teacher and sadly I was not in a group with Stephanie. It was okay though, it gave me a moment to think. I wondered about what kept Stephanie with Tony? It had to be the sex, which she bragged about all the time, or else why would she put up with his behavior? She knew that he was a low life, that he cheated on her and that he was not worth her time. There had to be an excellent reason for her to stick around and endure this kind of torture. “You know,” I said. She's a great teacher. Students who are in school to learn love her. She's just ... She looks like somebody you can talk to. So I talked. I told her how my step-dad was beating on Mom and then he started beating on me. She talked me into going to the police."What could I say? I just sipped my coffee and let her talk."They arrested him. Mom and I, we both had marks on us from where he beat us, and people had seen him hit her while they were at a nightclub. There were other things ... drugs. I.